Skillet



Patented duly 8, 19224.

intatte i satana esame- JAMES EDWARDS '.lATE, OF ELBER'ON, GEORGIA.

Application filed December 1, 1922. Serial No.1604,252.

To all whom t may conce/Ml.:

Beit known that I, J AMES EDWARDS TATE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elberton, in the county of Elbert and State of-Georgia, haveinvented a new and usefulk Skillet, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a skillet,and one object of the invention is so to construct the device that thesame will be steaml tight, thereby retaining the liavor of the articlewhich is being cooked.

Another object of the invention is to provide a skillet from which thehandles may be removed, thereby permittingl the article 'Y luded to areground to a steam tight fit, so-

to be used as a baking pan.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means fordetachably mounting the handles on the parts of the skillet and toprovide novel means for locking the handles together.

. It is Within the province of the disclosure 'to improvev generally andto enhance the utility of devices of that type to. which the inventionap ertains;

AWith the a ove and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, Within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing fro the spirit of the invention.

1n the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, adevice constructed in accordance with the invention, parts appearing inelevation; Figure 2 is a ragmental elevation; Figure 3 is an elevationshowing the end of the socket on the pan; Figure 4 is an elevationshowing` an elevation showing the washer used in that form of theinvention shown in Figure 5.

The numeral 1 marks a pan having an upstanding marginal Hanse 2 and aninterna transverse shoulder 3; The numeral 4 designates a pan having athinned rim 5 received within the -ange 2 of the pan 1 andA abuttingagainst the shoulder 3. The parts above althat the pans 1 and 4 whenassembled as shown in Figure 1, will retain the steam, therebypreserving the avor of the article which is being cooked. rlhe flange 2of the4 pan 1 has an upstanding lug 6 provided with an opening 7 adaptedto receive a cylindrical projection 8 -on the rim 5 of the pan 4, theprojection having a beveled end 9 facilitating the insertion of theprojection in the opening.

Opposite to the lug 6 and the projection 8, the pans 1 and 4 aresupplied with tubular sockets 10, each socket having at its outer end,an irregularly shaped opening 11 provided with a Hat side 12. Polygonalyseats 14 are fashioned inthe sockets 10 at the inner ends of theopenings 11. Nuts15 lit against rotation in the seats 14 and are heldtherein.

Handles 16 are provided and have reduced stems 17 of irregular crosssection, each stem having a flat side 18. The stems 17 of the handles 16are received against rotation in the openings 11 of the sockets 10. Eachhandle 16 has a longitudinal bore 19, the outer end of which is ared asshown at 20. Conical washers' 21 are seated in the iared parts 2() ofthe bores 19. Securing devices 22 rre located in the bores 19 and arethreaded at their inner ends, as at 23, into the nuts 15. At their outerends, the securing devices 22 are provided with loop-shaped heads 24which abut against the washers 21. The head 24 of one securing device 22carries a pivotally mounted latch 25 passing through the head of theother securing device, as shown in Figure 1, the latch 25 having aneye'26 whereby the latch is pivotally mounted on the head 24 of theuppermost securing device 22, as shown in Figure 1. Seats 27 are formedin one edge of the latch 25 and are adapted to cooperate with a keeperplate 28 secured to the head 24 of the lowermost securing device 22. ltwill be obvious that When the latch 25 is engaged with the keeper plate28, and when the projection 8 is received in the opening 7 of the lug 6,the ground edges of the pans 1 and 4 will be held tightly in engagement,thereby toretain the steam and to improve accordingly the flavor of thearticle which is being l cooked. Should it be desired to use the articleas a baking pan, rather than as a skillet, the securing devices 22 maybe detached from the nuts 15, thereby permittlnga re- -moval of thehandles 26.

In Figures 6 and 5, a slight modification of the invention is shown. Inther said iigures, parts hereinbefore described have been designated bynumerals revously used with the suix a. The mo 'fication consists informing a slot 29 in one of the washers- 21, the material thus freedbeing bent forwardly A to form a resilient keeper 30 having an anhighsteam pressure accumulate within the pans.

.Y What is claimed is:-

^1. In a device of the class described, superposed pans 'havinginterengaging elements; handles; washers abutting against the handles,one washer carrying a keeper;

modica securing members unitin um handjes 1etachably with the pans anhaving heads engaging, the washers; and a latch pivoted to one head andconstructed to enga e with the keeper of said washerA of the ot erhandle.

i 2. In a device of the class described, su-

perposed pans havin interengagin elements and provided wigth sockets,handles in the sockets, securing devices assing through the handles andhavlng threa ed engagement with the sockets, the handles being rovidedwith loop-shapled heads, and a latc hav' anv eye pivota y eng ed withthe head o one securing element, t e latch being extended through thehead of the other securing element, said other securing element being lprovided with means-for engaging the latch.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing ture.

m s EDWARDS TATE.

as myown,.-I have hereto aiiixed my signa-

